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Joachim Gauck, candidate of the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Green Party for German president addresses a press conference after a meeting at Berlin's state parliament house on June 16, 2010. The new German head of state, whose job...Mehr

Joachim Gauck, candidate of the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Green Party for...Joachim Gauck, candidate of the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Green Party for German president addresses a press conference after a meeting at Berlin's state parliament house on June 16, 2010. The new German head of state, whose job is mostly ceremonial but who acts as a kind of national moral arbiter, is not chosen by popular vote but will be elected by a special assembly of MPs and public figures on next June 30.WenigerMehr